Nieuport 16 (w/rockets)

**Ken at Sunrise** · 09-12-2016 05:33

Do you think we'll get the Nieuport 16 with rockets?

I think Angelo said if/when we get the balloon releases they won't have planes.

I'm honestly hoping for balloon and Nieuport 16s with rockets.

Did the Central powers use rockets?

**jbmacek** · 09-12-2016 10:23

I have seen a pic of a Halberstadt rigged with rockets, as I recall. I guess it didn't test well, since they don't seem to have been adopted.

**flash** · 09-12-2016 10:45

I don't think we will Ken. It was a Nexus model so I wonder if Ares even have their hands on the mould. Be nice if they did though.
I think the Germans had a go with rockets but couldn't make it work well enough so went to incendiary & AP rounds.
Have a look at this link for a taster of Balloons & Le Prieur rockets.
I hope that Ares do a different style of balloon with a different rocket carrier myself.

**john snelling** · 09-12-2016 10:49

Originally Posted by flash

I don't think we will Ken. It was a Nexus model so I wonder if Ares even have their hands on the mould. Be nice if they did though.
I think the Germans had a go with rockets but couldn't make it work well enough so went to incendiary & AP rounds.
Have a look at this link for a taster of Balloons & Le Prieur rockets.
I hope that Ares do a different style of balloon with a different rocket carrier myself.

**flash** · 09-12-2016 11:11

Originally Posted by jbmacek

I have seen a pic of a Halberstadt rigged with rockets, as I recall. I guess it didn't test well, since they don't seem to have been adopted.

Rudolf Nebel a fighter pilot with Jagdstaffel 5, pioneered the use of unguided air-launched signal rockets as offensive armament from a Halberstadt D.II in early 1916, even forcing down two British aircraft with the improvised rocket armament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nebel

**Ken at Sunrise** · 09-12-2016 11:21

I hoping for the Balloons expansion. I know they are not scheduled any time soon. If they came with planes that carried rockets that would be awesome.

**Zakopious** · 09-12-2016 12:01

Fun with Le Prieur Rockets:

https://youtu.be/D_Gz1mT3Pl8

**Walter Nowotny** · 09-12-2016 12:55

Originally Posted by Zakopious

Fun with Le Prieur Rockets:

https://youtu.be/D_Gz1mT3Pl8

Nice video but the music reminded me that I'm late for the Disco Club.

**Zakopious** · 09-12-2016 18:29

"Aircraft that were armed with the rockets included the Nieuport 11/16/17, SPAD 7/13, Sopwith Baby/Pup/Camel, Farman HF.20/21, and the B.E.2/B.E.12. They were usually armed with eight rockets but the SPAD 7 carried six and the B.E.12 had ten."

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Prieur_rocket

**Captain Chum** · 09-12-2016 22:14

Well I hope in the near future that Ares does a reprint on the Balloons.

**flash** · 09-13-2016 00:16

Originally Posted by Ken at Sunrise

I hoping for the Balloons expansion. I know they are not scheduled any time soon. If they came with planes that carried rockets that would be awesome.

So rarely used mine I stripped the rockets off and switched to fighters & incendiaries !

**Angiolillo** · 09-13-2016 02:08

A new edition of balloons should arrive in the near future. With planes or not - that's still unclear.
In the meantime, in shops you find Ancillotto's Ni.11 with rockets.

**Dan-Sam** · 09-13-2016 08:28

This is probably the best news of the month

**Walter Nowotny** · 09-13-2016 09:21

Originally Posted by Angiolillo

A new edition of balloons should arrive in the near future. With planes or not - that's still unclear.
In the meantime, in shops you find Ancillotto's Ni.11 with rockets.

Would they be re-prints or new tooling?

**Angiolillo** · 09-13-2016 10:12

I do not know.

Originally Posted by Dan-Sam

This is probably the best news of the month

You do not like Martian tripods, do you?

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...sion-from-Mars

**Ken at Sunrise** · 09-13-2016 11:01

I like Martians but I really like scaled balloon miniatures better.

**okko** · 10-14-2016 00:09

Originally Posted by Ken at Sunrise

I like Martians but I really like scaled balloon miniatures better.

Agree - Martians are so last season - balloons are next seasons must have fashion accessory

**Ken at Sunrise** · 10-14-2016 05:46

Originally Posted by okko

Agree - Martians are so last season - balloons are next seasons must have fashion accessory

I won't go that far. Martians are cool.

But Balloons with Planes carrying rockets is something I've wanted. Looking at the pricing of the existing balloons I doubt I could afford must else though.

**Naharaht** · 10-14-2016 17:00

More information about Rudolf Nebel's rocket experiments is available here http://talesanecdotesandtrivia.blogs...s-rockets.html

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**OldGuy59** · 10-14-2016 23:23

Andrea is hinting, and I'm thinking, if the Tripod expansion is launched, the Nieuport 16 with Rockets will be available with that set. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but, for anyone doing conventions or intro game demos, this is a must-have, IMHO.

I happen to have two Nieuport 16s with Rockets, and now a Nieuport 11 with Rockets. Bring on the Martians, or the balloons!

**Naharaht** · 10-17-2016 00:58

The Nieuport 11's can have movement restrictions applied, if they fly armed with both a Lewis gun and rockets. Do you think that the restrictions should apply to any aeroplane carrying a machine gun and rockets or just to the Nieuport 11's because they had less powerful engines?

**flash** · 10-18-2016 03:10

One for Andrea to answer David, though it's probably just for lower powered machines like the N.11.
The N.16 had 30hp more to play with so maybe that would be enough to overcome that difficulty - perhaps, for more powerful machines, there is scope for reducing the agility to a lesser extent by not allowing left & right side slips on consecutive phases in a turn. Just a thought.

**zenlizard** · 10-18-2016 06:51

Somehow I missed Andrea's updates to this thread. Thing is, I would want the Nieuport 16s not for the rockets-yes, we now have the 11-but rather for the maneuver deck. And personally, I'm not all that interested in the Martian tripods. So, yeah, hope a future balloon pack would include the fixed-wing, as well.

**Ken at Sunrise** · 10-31-2016 11:53

Originally Posted by Angiolillo

A new edition of balloons should arrive in the near future. With planes or not - that's still unclear.
In the meantime, in shops you find Ancillotto's Ni.11 with rockets.

Ordered an on it's way. I needed to wait until I had enough for freight. I would have the Ni.11 with rockets soon.

That is doubly exciting, since reading over at BGG, the Ni.11 was far more common than the Ni.16.

So doubly excited.